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Probable pitchers

Rays: RH Chris Archer (9-7, 3.22)

JAYS: RH Brandon Morrow (2-3, 5.63)

On Archer: Fresh off signing an eight-year deal, he finished third in the AL rookie of the year race last season and had a strong spring. Is 1-0, 1.65 in three career starts against the Jays.

On Morrow: He missed most of last season with an impinged nerve in his forearm and ended the spring by striking out eight in 5⅔ shutout innings Saturday against the Mets. Is 5-6, 3.72 in 16 career appearances (12 starts) vs. the Rays.

Thanks to donations from other fans, Randi Oomens of Arizona (right, with manager Joe Maddon) got to have an unforgettable trip to Tropicana Field for the opening series against the Blue Jays. Oomens, who is blind, sat in a suite for the first three games, and she was — as a surprise — invited to throw out Wednesday's ceremonial first pitch. "A dream come true," said Oomens, who received a personalized Evan Longoria jersey.

Number of the day

106 Pitches thrown by LHP Matt Moore in 5⅔ innings Wednesday, 46 of which were balls.

Quote of the day

"When I get between the lines I'm not thinking about dollars, I'm thinking about executing whatever pitch I have to execute."

TAMPA – The Rays were not shy about using closer Alex Colome in the eighth inning last season, and he had more success than one would realize, given all the runners that seemed to be on base.Colome led the majors with six saves of our or more o...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Blake Snell is making his best pitch.Not the 95-mph fastball at the knees that opposing batters flail at. Nor the slow curve that leaves them trudging back to the dugout.This is the one where he stands at his locker in the Rays...

The Rays head north to face the Yankees tonight in the first of back-to-back night games.LHP Blake Snell, impressive thus far in camp, will be on the mound, followed by two of the pitchers with set jobs in the bullpen, RHP Matt Andriese and RHP Alex ...

The Rays are heading into the final days of spring training facing a series of roster decisions and an inconvenient schedule.That includes back-to-back road night games, in Tampa against the Yankees at 6:35 tonight (with Blake Snell starting) and in ...

RHP Matt Andriese was the tour guide Sunday as the Rays hosted a 10-year-old boy, Joshua, from The Heart Gallery, which works to find adoption matches for foster kids.Joshua had his own locker in the clubhouse, hung out on the field during batting pr...

PORT CHARLOTTE – If everything breaks right for Joey Wendle over the next 15 days, he will make his first opening day roster four weeks before he turns 28.A bit late by some standards, but nothing new for Wendle, who has always been a bit of a ...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Shipping out LHP Anthony Banda on Sunday made clearer who remains in the running for multi-inning jobs in the Rays bullpen.With RHP Matt Andriese a certainty, the Rays now have four other candidates for three jobs in RHP Yonny ...

The Rays narrowed the field for jobs in their eight-man bullpen, optioning newly acquired LHP Anthony Banda and hard-throwing RHP Ryne Stanek to Triple-A.Those moves were part of a hefty Sunday morning cut as the Rays reassigned seven others to reduc...

UPDATE. 10:18: Rays OF Mallex Smith said his tight right hamstring is feeling better and he will ramp up activity this week to get ready for the March 29 opener. Manager Kevin Cash said they hope to see him in a minor-league game on Tuesday, and that...

There are some answers we do have about the Rays plan to use four starters and mix in "bullpen days" when needed during at least the first six weeks.They are not doing it because they don't have a capable fifth. Nor — for the Twitterverse smart...

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